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ASN Morning Read: Think You Know Bruce Arena?

An often divisive figure in some circles, Bruce Arena gets his whole story told by players, peers and some of the other people who have known him best over the course of his career.

BY
Jesse Yomtov
Posted
October 25, 2016
12:25 AM

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FourFourTwo has a tremendous "oral history" of Bruce Arena, as told by those close to him in the various stages of his career, setting the record straight on a coach many feel is misunderstood. Some of the best lines:

"He's got a lot of stories, and like many people, over time those stories get better because they veer further and further from the actual occurrence." – Sunil Gulati.

"This is going to sound very strange, but one of the reasons '06 looked as bad as some people have described it is because of Bruce, but in a good way. He set the bar very very high in '02." – U.S. Soccer CEO Dan Flynn